San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-08-11

We would be glad to hear from old AM
new local correspondents.
II Is believed that New Braunfels wen
anti-prohibition.
The saloons were closed on election day
so all passed of quietly.
"He made a pit and digged It, and !
fallen into the ditch which he made. "-Ps
7:15.
On Saturday we had a rain somewha
more than sufficient to lay the dust nom
since.
The majority was l0l as IL stood, AVot'
of Americans only would have made 1t tive
to one for prohibition.
It Is believed that some among us who
talked prohibition voted anti. We canno
conceive of anything more despicable,
We learn the crowd at the anti jubilation
on Monday night forcibly suggested Buck
walton's "blue hog" story.
The Boycott is threatened by the saloon
lists at Fort Worth, Austin, etc. Wonder
if they will try it on here.
The time of our campaign subscribers,
ends with this paper. OF course we should
be pleased to retain them as permanent sub
scribers.
Commissioners Court was in session the
first half of this week. In accordance with
late law the members had to give bond
in the sum of $4,000 each.
The Farmers Alliance will meet at the
new public school house on Saturday next.
full attendance is desired as business oil
Importance will come before the meeting.
The Cresset attributes sale of property,
contracted before the election. to the amt
victory. Its idea is that the liquor traffic Ii
the true basis of business prosperity,
That sfuneral" and various ACCOMPANY
ments were omitted by the ants, some
wiser and cooler heads having warned them
TINT they might subject themselves to Sc
we're legal penalties if they proceeded.
County seats are proverbially the hardes
places in moral point of view, But no
so San Marcos-she leads the county as
temperance town. Let us see that she Keep
in the lead.
The good taste of the saloonists in thei
blowout" on Monday night in place
where they were signally defeated, mal
well be questioned. From the way the.
put it off. they seemed themselves to doub
its propricty.
If the rank and file of prohibition voters
in this pre- ;inct could have had their way
local option would have been sprung ant
carried Immediately in this precinct. w
are by 10 means sure that it ought not Il
have been done.
We have not seen or heard of sinRl
person IN this community who did not con
denim the uuprovoked and uncalled for per
sonnl onslaught which was recently mad
on us through the public prints. AS witt
regard to the same topics heretofore, 1t ma
injured only our assnilaEt
Judge Wood and Major Hutchinson W
learn addressed the crowd at the court hous
steps Monday night. The Major told them
to call on the republicans whenever the,
needed help again: Something new In pc
ltical courtesy as between Democrats ant
Republicans.
We have supreme contempt for any
proh;bitionist who is inclined to .waver IL
the least at the large anti majority in thu
State. Others may do as they like, but to
our part. so long as we conduct newspa
per or can WELD pencil, we shall continue
to wage unfiinchlng war on the great mon
ster evil of the age-the public liquor traffic
Where has the influence of the FREE
PRESS vanished?-Cresset.
We are abundantly satisfied with the evi
dences of the Influence of the FREE PRESS
in its bailiwick at the last election. 1t vii
be remembered that it has been the stead
advocate of prohibition for over three year
past during all the vlcissitudes of the move
ment.
BY the Austin papers we learn that Dr
Dorset, the present Superintendent of tn
Lunatlc Asylum, is having hard road t.
travel. Grave charges are made agains
him, and his case is to be investigated.
Without much doubt he will ere long hav'
to "walk the plank" for incompetency
No wonder that Legislative committee who
sacrificed DIR, Denton for such man are
sensitive to public criticism.
We notice that Mr.. Representative Nc
Gehee, not content with the exhibition h
made of himself at home, has had hi
''piece" copied into the Lullng Signal, there
by giving us great deal more importance
than we would have thought of claiming
Now if we were political aspirant we woulC
not want anything better than that sort o
advertisino. hut as we are not, we regard j